Euclid Police Department receives grant

The Euclid Police Department has received a grant to pay overtime for officers performing traffic enforcement.

The grant, worth $48,257.86 was awarded

by the Ohio Traffic Safety Office.

The funds will be used for traffic enforcement overtime during special enforcement times, such as holidays.

"Officers will be targeting impaired drivers through concentrated patrols and sobriety checkpoints working together to protect everyone during these busy times of the year," the department said in a statement.

The goal of the added enforcement is to reduce crashes and injuries, police said.